Dancing on the Edge Allusions

Literary and Philosophical References

• Emily Dickinson, "I am nobody" (Part 1 epigraph; 21.40)
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet (2.67)
• William Shakespeare, Macbeth (2.67)
• William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (2.67)
• Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew series (2.67, 2.74)
• Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (3.20; 9.48; 10.40)
• Robin Hood (6.17)
• The Brothers Grimm (7.7)
• Hans Christian Andersen (7.7)
• James Joyce (10.40)
• Jean-Paul Sartre (10.40)
• Emily Dickinson, "Tell all the truth but tell it slant" (Part 2 epigraph)
• Emily Dickinson (21.39; 25.32)
• Emily Dickinson, "To die—without the dying" (25.31)

Pop Culture References

• Bob Dylan (1.16, 1.25; 2.70, 2.71; 9.3)
• The Wizard of Oz (2.20)
• Edgar Degas (7.23)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (10.12)
• Patsy Cline (9.2)
• Sylvester Stallone (26.16)